1 Kings 5:16
World English Bible (WEB)
besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
In context
14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains,
16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
17 The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
18 Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
1 Kings 5:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work.
- KJV King James Version
- Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
- ASV American Standard Version
- besides Solomon’s chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business.
- DBY Darby Translation
- besides the overseers whom Solomon had set over the work, three thousand three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Besides the chief of Solomon's officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people that wrought in the work.